moisten
/ˈmɔɪsən/
moisten verb: to make moist or moister.
Verb
moisten (third-person singular simple present moistens, present participle moistening, simple past and past participle moistened)
moisten meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
moisten in Tamil
- ஈரமாக்கு, நனை, நனைப்பி
moisten in Urdu
- بھیگنا, گیلا ہونا, تر ہونا, بھگونا, گیلا کرنا, تر کرنا
moisten in Bengali
- সিক্ত করা, ভেজানো, আর্দ্র করা
moisten in Telugu
- to moisten
- ఆవిరిల్లు āvirillu
More languagesFewer languages
- moisten in Malayalam
- നനയ്ക്കുക, ഈർപ്പം വരുത്തുക, കുതിർക്കുക, കുതിർത്തുക
- moisten in Kannada
- ನಾನು, ನಾದು, ನಾರು
- moisten in Sanskrit
- उक्ष् ukṣ
- moisten in Persian
- خیسیدن xīsīdan, خیساندن xīsāndan
Examples of moisten in a sentence
- If you undermix, the floury spots will probably moisten up in baking.
- My lips seemed suddenly dry and I moistened them against the need of speech.
- For lightly exuding wounds or nonexuding wounds, place the dressing on the wound, and moisten it with normal saline solution.
Forms of moisten
| third-person singular present | moistens |
|---|---|
| present participle | moistening |
| past participle | moistened |
| past | moistened |
| second-person singular present (archaic) | moistenest |
| second-person singular past (archaic) | moistenedst |
| third-person singular present (archaic) | moisteneth |
Origin of moisten
From moist + -en.
Words formed from moisten
Questions about moisten
- What does moisten mean?
- Moisten means to make moist or moister.
- What is moisten in Tamil?
- Moisten in Tamil is ஈரமாக்கு, நனை, நனைப்பி. See Moisten meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is moisten?
- Moisten is a verb.
- How do you pronounce moisten?
- Moisten is pronounced /ˈmɔɪsən/.
- What is the past tense of moisten?
- The past tense of moisten is moistened.
Words near moisten in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: moisten (page history and authors); moisten (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); moisten (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); moisten (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ఆవిరిల్లు (Telugu) (page history and authors); moisten (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); moisten (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); उक्ष् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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